Charging-car.



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FRANK D.- ALLEN, OF STONECLIFF, VEST VIRGINIA.

'CHARetNe-a i f SPECIFICATION forming part Letters patentino. 655,179,dated August 7, 1900.

Appntttitn ma May e, 1900.1

To @ZZ whom/.it may concern: Be it known that I, FRANK D. ALLEN,residing at Stonecli, in the county of Fayette and State of WestVirginia, have invented a new and Improved Charging-Car, of which thefollowing is a specification. Y This invention is in the nature ofimprovements in charging-cars for `coke-ovens; and it primarily has forits objectvto provide a car of this character of a simple and economicalconstruction which can be easily manipulated and which will eifectivelyserve for its intended purposes. Another and essential object of `myinvention is to provide an improvedstructure' of charging-car includinga revolving hopper supported upon the truck in such manner as to permitdischarging the coal on the other side of the car without turning theentire car about, as is generally necessary in the ordinary types ofcharging-cars of this lin'd.

With these objects in view my invention consists in certain details ofconstruction and peculiar combination of parts, all of which willhereinafter be fully explained, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich-A i I Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved charging-car.Fig. 2 is an end elevation, the hopper being shown set to discharge atone side in full lines and to dischargeat the other side in dottedlines. Fig.' 3 is a view of the truck, the hopper supporting the ringbeing shown in position in dotted lines. Fig.` 4t isn a detail view ofthe central bearing or turnpost.

In the practical construction my improved charging-car includesgenerally a truck 'A and a hopper B, rotatably mounted .upon the truck,the special manner in which the said hopper is mounted upon andconnectswith the truck forming an essential feature of my invention. i

The truck A comprises the wheeled axles 1 1, the longitudinallyextendingbeams 2, mounted thereon, and the transverse beams 3, held in the planewith the beams 2.

The trucks A in practice are propelled upon the trackway in any suitablemanner; but for readily bringing the same into proper poL truck, asshown.

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which it will be noticed the said frame 6 has a pair of standards 6b,that straddle a flywheel 7, mounted upon the shaft 5, said standards 6balso having bearings at their upper end for 'the double crank-shaft 8,which shaft 'carries a chain-wheel 8a, geared by the chainbelt `9 with adouble chain-wheel 5, mounted on the shaft 5, which wheel 5 receivesmotionfrom the chain 10, that connects it with a chain-wheel 11 upon thefront axle of the By providing the truck with a drive 'mechanism asdescribed the operator or operators mounted on the truck can i.

'readily'propel the same forward or backward, as desired. s

The truck-frame A also includes in my invention a pair of cross-beams12, that extend diagonally from one cross-beam 3 to the other, asclearly shown in Fig. 3, the ends of the said beams 12 being suitablybraced by angleplates 12a.f Mounted upon and made fast to the crossingportions of the beams 112 is a casting 13, having a centralvertically-extending' hub land an upwardly-projecting stud or spindle13". u i

the beams-12, each having a tread or bearingshoe portion 14a and anoverhanging guidepulleynllc, the purpose of which will hereinafterappear.

B designates the hopper, which in my form of'car has its bottom inclinedtransversely from one side to the other, its lower or discharging mouthprojecting to one side of the car-truck and having connected therewith achute member 16, and while I have not illustrated it said month may alsobe equipped with a gate or cut-off of any approved construction. Themouth and the chute portions are so projected and held relatively to the`truck that they will clear all parts thereof when the hopper is rotatedupon its supports. The liopperwis centrally supported upon a metalbracket 17, secured to the bottom of 14 14 indicateguide-bracketsmounted upon IOO ' thereof. By this cons-truction it is manifestly I thetruck about, as in my improvement the but, so far as I know, theconnections for join-- v have been more or less complex.

- mechanism or adjustment of any of its parts.

.20a wifll'seat upon the-treadA portions of the the hopper, and having apendent hubportion 18, that fits over the spindle 13b of the casting 13,its lower end resting upon the hub 1,3a of the said casting 13, asclearly illustrated in Fig. 1. This central bearing for the hopperserves as a sectional'turn-post and also takes up some of the Weight vofthe hopper, the bulkf of which, however, is transmitted to the truck bya series of combined braces andsupportingrods 19, having substantiallythe same length and each being secured at the upper end to the uppermember of the hopper and. at the lower end to the casting orlringnwiem';` ber 20, 'having an annular horizontal flange 204. whenfitted in a forwardY position the flange brackets 141 and rideunder theguid e-pulleys clear that the-bulk of the-Weight .ofthe hopper will lbetransmitted 'over a largeareaof theftruck-frame and in such mannerthatlthe weight will be" properly balanced to permit of a free turningaround of the hopper.

A chargingcar constructed in the manner shown and described provides forcharging the ovens without the necessity of employing switch-outs ortrack-laterals, &c., to bring hopper can be readily turned .to dischargeat either side of the truck without turning the truck around. v

I am aware that dumping-cars have heretoforefbeen providedv in which thehopper discharges-tothe side'and in which the hopper hasbeen rotatablysupported uponthe truck;

ing hoppers-of the kind stated with thetruck Myinventiondi-erentiatesfrom What has heretofore beenvfprovided in .this type of charging ordumping meansin that the central bearing constructionissimplified, andbyreason of the manner in which the hopper is supported upon its annularring the weight of thesame is so balanced that the hopper can bereadilyturned around without any special releasing Having-thus describedmyinvention, what This ring 2O is of such diameter that?" I claim, anddesire to secure by Lette-rs Patent, is*

la hub pendently project-ed from the bottom of the hopper, vsaid hubbeing rotatably mountedupon the turn-post, and means for bracing thehopper-body upon the car-truck, said means being rotatable Withthehopper as specified. Y

' 2. In a du mpi'ng-car, the combination with 'fthe Wheeled truck, thecentral turn-post xed-ly connected thereto, and a series of guide-=ilanges disposed iny an annular arrangement about the turn-post; of thehopper, said hopper having itsbottominclined andproject'ed to'-discharge to the sideof the truck5azpend-v ent hub projected down fromthe bottom to fit upon the`turn-post, a series of stayirods securedpendently to the hopper, and an annular flange supportedf'romv thelowerendl of the stay-rods, said iiange engaging the Xd edly-heldannularly-disposed guides secured upon the truck substantially as shown`and for the purposes described.

8. In a vdumping-car of the character deA scribed, the combination withthe' wheeled truck-frame, said frame-including the crossed beams 12, andthe guides 14, saidguide'shavper having its discharge-bottom inclined tof project from theV side of the truckthe brach `ets 17-secured on theh-opper-bottom said casting having anaperturedA hu-b 18, Aadapted to'fit the spindle 13", the bars 19,an;d the ring 20, said ring having anannular' flange adapted to engage the guides 14, all being arrangedsubstantially as shown purposes described. l A FRANK D'. ALLEN.

Witnesses: J. H. BOYD,

G.- W. MANKIN.

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